[Healeys] B/J Auction

[Henry Dodson]

Kurt sold the 1960 BN7 for $90,000 at the Gooding Auction today.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Adams" <aajr at verizon.net>
To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] B/J Auction


> Lot 976 was not the same light metallic green BJ8 previously auctioned at 
> B-J. Kurt had our British Car Club visit his shop on January 3, 2009 and 
> none of his cars were finished. The metallic green BJ8 still needed the 
> complete interior, top and alot of other details done to it.
>
> Al Adams
> BJ7
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
> To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] B/J Auction
>
>
>> Concours does not deduct points for a car painted Metallic Golden Beige 
>> that
>> has a chassis number too low to have been originally that color, nor does 
>> it
>> deduct points for a paint job in the non-original color for that chassis
>> number.
>>
>> More interesting to me is current Lot 976, the light metallic green BJ8 
>> that
>> was also offered as Lot 976 in the B-J auction in 2007.  If the VIN that 
>> was
>> provided to me by someone at the auction was read correctly off the 
>> plate,
>> the BJ8 registry had already recorded that car as "scrapped".  That was
>> based on information provided to me in May 2003 from the person who 
>> parted
>> out the car.  Only the I.D. plates remained from the original car.
>>
>> Steve Byers
>> HBJ8L/36666
>> BJ8 Registry
>> Havelock, NC  USA
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> "The one that STILL blows my mind is the Tanner BJ-8 in GBM
>> w/proper red interior that went for 3 figures the year before
>> last IIRC AND with Mike Joy holding the BMIHT Cert IN HIS
>> HAND which (laid out dramatically in the car's boot) said the
>> car SHOULD be White w/black interior<VBG>!!!
>>
>> Even Mike couldn't believe it!! <G>!
>>
>> Ed"
>> _______________________________________________
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